---
title: Release Notes – June 9th 2023
category: release-notes
description: Highlighter, locked shapes, and drag and drop images.
hero: /images/blog/51c63ff0-4c7e-4f39-9496-7d41f9c54d56_2880x1620.png
date: 6/9/2023
status: published
author:
  - luwilson
  - steveruizok
---

Hello! And welcome to this week’s release for [tldraw](https://tldraw.com). Today, we’re launching two of our most-requested features: a **highlighter shape** and support for **locked shapes**.

## What’s new

### **Highlighter**

It’s here! You can select the **highlighter** from the tools menu, or by pressing Shift + D.

![](/images/blog/e726d225-f644-410d-81f4-7a81ef8a4b03_720x406.gif)

Enjoy the new colors as well as the [sandwich mode](https://twitter.com/SomeHats/status/1656605608844435456) rendering of the highlighter style.

![](/images/blog/a77cc553-7716-4af4-8937-70b9b4776f5a_1080x608.gif)

### **Locking**

You can now **lock shapes**! To lock a shape, open the context menu and select **Toggle locked**.

![](/images/blog/b2d4aabd-a237-4ba2-bcc7-71066708edbb_720x406.gif)

You can’t move or select locked shapes. It’s useful for when you have shapes in the background that you don’t want to select.

![](/images/blog/0f714a6c-2aa4-43c0-aabe-a17b49e500ef_720x406.gif)

And speaking of locking, there’s also

## A neat trick

you can use to **lock your tool**.

![](/images/blog/9c3187ed-b596-4a7a-97de-de4b59e0abbf_720x406.gif)

Normally, you return to the select tool after making a shape. But turn on **tool lock** , and you’ll stay in your tool — letting you continue making shapes.

You can toggle this behavior in the toolbar or the preferences menu.

![](/images/blog/70359185-a48a-4de4-98cc-d10fd3ca8b31_1884x1312.png)

## Improvements

You can now **drag** more things onto the tldraw canvas than ever before! Drag an image from another website—or drag a link to make a bookmark or embed shape.

![](/images/blog/f1ffb31c-508e-4532-830a-3ea646cd9568_720x406.gif)

You can also now choose the vertical alignment of your text in **sticky notes**.

![](/images/blog/07d3c478-74d8-40e3-b784-354053152813_720x406.gif)

We also added a **reduce motion** option to preferences. When enabled, our camera won’t animate when you zoom in or out or use the minimap.

We’ve also moved the actions bar to the bottom on medium-sized screens to make up more space at the top. Why would we need more space at the top of the screen? Tune in next week to find out.

## Fixes

- Fixed a rare crash that could happen when you try to curve an arrow with zero distance.
- Fixed nudging with the shift-key held down.
- Fixed a bug where exports would sometimes fail when they were too big for your browser. Now, they're scaled down to the max supported size.
- Separately, we reduced the file size of exported files in general.
- Fixed being able to undo viewport-following.
- Mac: Fixed control-clicking not opening the context menu.
- Safari: Fixed a bug where you couldn’t copy snapshot links.

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That’s all this for week! We hope you enjoy trying out the new changes. If you have any ideas or feedback, [swing by the Discord](https://discord.gg/Up7bFHPstc) or @ us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/tldraw) or [Mastodon](https://mas.to/@tldraw). And if you’re a developer, come check out the [GitHub repo](https://github.com/tldraw/tldraw). See you next time!

Here’s a teaser…

![](/images/blog/f57068f5-9e12-4e71-b6b4-1a3eb66818ff_720x406.gif)
